Automatic belt-shifter



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P. M. & R. E. MONGER.

AUTOMATIC BELT SHIPTER. No. 304,273: Patented Aug.- 26, 1884.

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AUTOMATIC BELT SHIFTBR.

N0.-304,Z73. Patented Aug. 26, 1884.

WITNESSES TINTTED STATES PATENT @rrics.

FRANCIS MARIAN MONGER AND ROBERT EMERSON MON GER, OF CLEVELAND,

ASSIGNORS TO THEMSELVES AND CALVARY G. SAMPLES, OF GREEN- FIELD, INDIANA.

AUTOMATIC BELTV-SHIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,273, dated August 26, 1884.

Application filed May 16, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that we, F. M. MONGER and R. E. MONGER, of Cleveland, in the county of Hancock and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Belt-Shifters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of our improved automatic belt-shifter. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the same. Figs. 3,

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are details.

This invention has for its objects the application of a governor, driven by a steam-engine or other prime motor, to a thrashing-machine, or to any other machine of a similar kind where it is desired to gage the speed or to stop the motion of the machine when the speed exceeds that for which it is set.

The nature of our invention consists in the employment of certain novel devices, which will be hereinafter fully explained, whereby we are able to shift the belt automatically should the speed of the machine exceed the feed thereof, thus gaging the motion of the machine to the required feed, and preventing the machine from clogging, as will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

N designates a frame suitably adapted to support the governing mechanism, and which is intended to be rigidly secured in any convenient position upon the frame of a thrashingmachine feeder or any other like machine. Said mechanism comprises a transverse or counter shaft, 0 one end of which has its bearing in the frame N and the other end of which is journaled in a sleeve, P, which is journaled in the opposite side of said frame. One of the projecting ends of shaft 0 carries a pulley, Q", to which motion is communicated by a belt from the cylinder-shaft of a thrashing-machine. Shaft O carries a rigidly-at tached bevel-wheel, R which engages with a pinion, S upon the lower end of a sleeve, T journaled in a bracket, U of the frame N", and constituting the vertical shaft of a ballgovernor, V The governor-arms KW consist of belLcrank levers, the inner ends of which bear on the upper end of a stem, X sliding vertically in the sleeve T, so that as the governor attains speed the stem X will be proportionately depressed. The lower end of the stem X has a laterally-extending arm, 1 which is connected by a pivoted link, Z with a lever, A", having its fulcrum at the upper end of an upright, B, secured in the frame N held by a guide, F. D is a spring coiled around the lower portion of a vertically-movable rod, X, and bearing against a collar, E

on this rod, which latter is thereby forced in 6 5 an upward direction. The upper portion of the rod X is provided with two collars, F and G", adjustable by means of set-screws H and into the space between the said collars extends a stud, 1 formed on one end of a lever, J", fulcrumed at J upon the upright B. The other end of the lever J is provided'with a slot, L fitting on a stud, M upon the face of a bar, N which latter slides vertically in a groove, 0, in the face of the uprights B. The bar N is provided near its upper and lower ends with laterally-extended beveled arms I? and P The face of the lever J is connected by a pivoted rod, Q?, with an arm, R which is pivoted to the face of the guard (l and acted upon by a spring, S which lat ter serves to retain the parts fixedly in any position to which they may be adjusted. The inner end of the sleeve 1? has a fixed disk, T adjoining which is a radial arm, U fixed on the shaft 0 and having a lateral projection, V extending over the periphery of the disk T Pivoted to the projection V is a dog or latch,*W capable of engaging projections X upon the periphery of said disk, with which it is held in contact by the action of a spring,

suitably arranged at the rear end of the said latch.

I is a trigger pivoted transversely to the projection V and having a tooth, A engaging a notch, 13*, in the rear end of the latch W. The trigger Z has a laterally-extending arm, 0*, the face of which is provided with a triangular projection, D engaging one of the arms of a lever, E pivoted to the side of the arm U It will be observed'that by moving the lever E in either direction the trigger Z will be operated and the latch tripped there- ,by, bringing its front end down against the periphery of the disk T and engaging one of the teeth or projections, X upon the periphery of said disk, which will thus be caused to make part of a revolution.

F is a segmental arm extending from the front part of the frame and provided with a set-screw, F, adapted to bear against the rear end of the latch, so as to release the same from contact with the periphery of the disk T and throw it into engagement with the trigger I when the disk has made a half-revolution.

G is a lever which is pivoted to the frame N, and provided with a shoulder, H, and actuated by a suitably-arranged spring, so as to engage lateral extensions of the teeth or projectionsX thus forming a rest, the function of which is to retain the disk T in any position to which it may be adjusted. This ever or rest G is operated and released from the disk T soas to allow the latter to start when required, by the action of a beveled stud or projection, 1*, extending laterally from the latch W The outer end of the sleeve 1? on shaft 0 is provided with a fixed crank, I, connected by. apitman or rod, J, with a belt-crank lever, K", by which the belt-shifter G is o 1 erated.

The operation is as follows: When the machine-say, for instance,'a thrashing-machine-is started, motion is imparted from the thrashing-cylinder shaft to the shaft 0 and thence through the spur-wheel R and pinion S to the governor. As the latter at tains speed the stem X is depressed, thus causing the link Z to operate the lever A which latter serves to depress the stem X against the tension of the spring D 13 of stem X engages the stud 1 of lever J which lifts or elevates the sliding bar N the projection of which will strike the lever E and operate the trigger Z when the arm U reaches the said projection 15 in the course of the revolution of the shaft 0 The latch W is then thrown into engagement with one of the teeth X of the disk T, which latter will make a half -revolution, it having first been released from the lever-catch G by the action of the stud 1*, as above set forth. When the half-revolution of the disk T has been completed, the latch WV engages the setscrew G of arm 11, by the action of which it isthrown out of engagement with the periphery of disk T the revolution of which then ceases. The effect of this half-revolu- Oollar the speed slackens, a reverse operation takes place. The stem X is then forced upward by the action of spring D, the bar N is lowered, bringing its arm P in contact with lever E2 operating the latter and tripping the latch W and causing disk T again to make a half-revolution, thus returning the crank I to its original position and causing the beltshifter Gr to restore the belt to the loose pulley of the shaft E, thus stopping the feed mechanism of the thrashing-machine.

Having described our invention,we claim as new- 1. The combinatiomwith the main frame, of a belt-wheel shaft bearing a beveled spur wheel, a governor constructed as described, a vertically-movable governor-stem, a springactuated dog and catch on said arm, a sta tionary releasing device, a disk on the shaft of arm I, provided with projections on its periphery, and mechanism, as described, connected to the governor-stem, for actuating the said dog to cause it to engage with said disk, and a belt-shifter connected to arm I, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the verticallymovable governor-stem provided on its lower end with an arm, y, of a link, Z a rocking lever connected at one end to a slide and at the .other end to a vertically-movable springactuated stem, X, levers J M P, a springdisk on the shaft of arm I, and belt-shifting devices connected to said arm, all constructed substantially as described.

3. In combination with a centrifugal governor and the system of levers and stems described, the lever P projection I on the sliding bar N, lever E trigger P, andlatch \N on arm U, the disk on the shaft of arm 1, and a belt-shifter, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as described.

4. The U-shaped spring between the bellcrank 3 and the belt-wheel shaft E, in combination with mechanism, as described, connected to a governor for actuating the beltshifter, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the governor-stem, actuated as described, the main belt-wheelshaft gearing,with the rotary governor sleeve and bearing, an arm provided with a springtially in the manner and for the purposes do our own we affix our signatures in presence of scribed. two witnesses.

. 6. The co1nbinati0n,with a belt-shifter, of a FRANCIS MARIAN MONGER overnor and intermediate devices as de- 5 gcribed, which automatically operate to ad- 1 ROBERT EMERSON MONGER' Witnesses:

just said shifter, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as specified. IRA COLLINS,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as ISAIAH ALBERT CURREY. 

